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d224 GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH linen one-sheet movie poster R61 Cecil DeMille

Date Sold 12/11/2007
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A 1961 Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked One-Sheet Movie Poster (measures 27" x 41") (Learn More)

Cecil B. DeMille's The Greatest Show on Earth, the classic 1952 Cecil B. DeMille (nominated for the Best Director Academy Award) big top circus romantic love triangle melodrama ("Produced with the cooperation of Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus"; "Mightiest Motion Pictures"; "Story by Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, and Frank Cavett"; "Screenplay by Fredric M. Frank, Barre Lyndon and Theodore St. John"; "The Most Dangerous Place In The World... For Lovers To Meet!"; "Actually filmed under the big top!"; winner of the Best Picture Academy Award) starring Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde (as The Great Sebastian), Charlton Heston, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame, James Stewart (Jimmy Stewart), Henry Wilcoxon, Lyle Bettger, Lawrence Tierney, Emmett Kelly (the real-life circus clown, perhaps the most famous one ever, in a cameo role, as himself!), Cucciola, Antoinette Concello, John Kellogg, John Ridgeley, Frank Wilcox, Bob Carson, Lillian Albertson, Julia Faye, and John Ringling North (in a cameo role as himself)
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Overall Condition and Pre-Restoration Defects with Quality of Restoration: very good to fine. The poster had minor fold and border wear. Overall, the poster was in very good to fine condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was well backed, and looks great!
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